Tuesday 2_24 Video reviews

Review the short sequences that students shot in class.

jump cuts happen when you don't change the angle.

ALWAYS... try and cut on the action.   Plan on cutting on the action and set up an action shot to get you to the next shot.   Example: draw of the gun.   quick shots exhibit the action and long cuts when the character(s) are at rest.

We are going to do two films, based on the most thoroughly planned out films. 

Silent films

Project 2__Silent Film Assignment.

1 main character, 2 other characters,

Main character must have a problem.   Character trying to solve a problem,   two other characters in the story, and should take 2-4 minutes.  


Brainstorming for project 1

1. art student is drawing and develops an itchy nose and is using charcoal.  she tries to get the man next to her to itch it for her, but he will not.  She tries to get the girl to her left to itch it, but she will not.   Cut to:  a man behind a store counter, handing a box of tissue and ringing it up on a computer.   Cut to:  woman wearing a charlie chaplin style mustache.


2, Man rushes into the school after a long drive.  He has to go to the bathroom really bad, and finds that the mop bucket is outside the door of the mens room.   He finds a girl with a scarf and borrows it, then goes into the ladies room.  While in the ladies room he realizes that the stall is out of toilet paper.  He knocks on the stall wall and the woman hands him some tissue, noticing his hand is furry and obviously male.  She waits for him outside the doorway to leave the restroom. When he comes out, there she is pointing and screaming at him to the security guards.   The man runs and runs until he eludes the security and gives the concealing scarf back to the woman he borrowed it from,  eventually, we see the cops spotting the scarf, and they rush over to it, thinking that they have nabbed the man, but when the head turns around and it is a lady, the officer is without  reward.  Camera pans to the man and he snickers, and as camera pans, we see he is just barely inside the Men's room.

3.

Editing in Adobe Premiere Pro

Film & Video Production

 

Editing in Adobe Premiere CS6

Creating a Project

1. Open Adobe Premiere Pro CS6.

2. Choose “New Project.”

3. Name your New Project with the name of the current assignment you are editing.

4. When the New Sequence window appears, click cancel.

5. Under the “File” menu, choose “Import.”

6. Navigate to where your files are located on your computer, select all of your files (hold down shift) and press “Open.” Your files will appear in your bin, in the bottom left corner of your browser.

7. Right click one of the .MTS clips in your bin and select “New Sequence From Clip.”

8. Using the selector tool (arrow), select the clip in the sequence and press “delete.”

Your Premiere Pro Browser

Besides your bin, you will see three main areas on your default screen: your Source window, your Program window, and your Sequence window.

Your source window is where your clips will appear as you decide how much of them to use in your edit.

Your program window will allow you to see your edit as it is currently assembled.

Your sequence window contains your timeline where you actually edit your footage.

Become familiar with these basic functions (they will be displayed if you hover over the button). They are located directly beneath your source window.

Also become familiar with your selection tool and your razor blade tool. Your toolbox is located to the right of your bin.

Mark In, Mark Out, Go to In, Step Back, Play/Stop, Step Forward, Go to Out.

 

 Three Point Editing

1. On the first clip of your sequence, set and “In” and “Out” point, according to how much of the clip you will use.

2. After making sure that your Program window is at the designated place (your third “In” point), drag the clip over to your Program window. You will see a message that states “Drop to overwrite; use control to insert.” Drop your clip and it will appear on your timeline.

This process is called Three-point editing because you always designate three points, usually (but not always) an “In” and “Out” point in your Source window and an “In” point on your Program window. We will later discuss exceptions to using these three points.

3. Continue the three-point editing process according to your storyboard until your edit is complete.

 

Exporting your Project (Making a Complete File)

1. Under the file menu, choose export>media.

2. Click “output name” and name the file “Simple Sequence Video.”

3. Save to the desktop.

4. Click “Save.”

5. On the export settings menu, click export.

 

Tuesday February 3

Introduction to the tripod

how to unfold the tripod/preventing damages to the tripod. 

Pan Lock
Tilt Lock